An Oak Grove woman was killed late Saturday afternoon in far northern Carroll County when the car she was driving traveled off Highway 65 and hit a fence post. Seventy-one-year-old Linda Grubb was pronounced dead at the scene just south of the Carroll-Livingston County line. The vehicle was demolished with the patrol reporting Grubb was […]
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Trenton teenager hurt in Saturday crash; driver accused of being intoxicated
A Trenton teenager was hurt Saturday evening when a pickup truck overturned northwest of Trenton. Seventeen-year-old Tierney Doolittle was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. She was a passenger in a pickup operated by 18-year-old Jonathan Huber-Bethards of Trenton who was not reported hurt. The accident happened at Northwest Crane Lane and Northwest […]
Two vehicles strike cow in roadway sending three to hospital
The highway patrol reports separate accidents at the same time late Thursday night in Worth County involved two vehicles striking a cow in the roadway on Route Z two miles west of Grant City. Eighteen-year-old Dagon Cooper of Grant City was driving a sports utility vehicle southbound when the cow was hit. 19-year-old Cierra Runnels […]
Stewartsville man injured on rural road in Friday crash
A Stewartsville man sustained moderate injuries when the minivan he drove overturned a quarter of a mile west of Stewartsville Friday evening. An ambulance transported 51-year-old Jeffery McConnell to Mosaic Life Care of Saint Joseph. The minivan traveled west on Southwest Hickory Road, ran off the south side of the road, and struck a fence […]
One injured after crashing to avoid “Road Closed” barricade; driver accused of DWI
An Excelsior Springs man was hurt when he swerved the van he was driving to avoid ‘road closed’ barricades southwest of Carrollton. The van started skidding, went off the right side of Highway 10 and overturned onto its top in a ditch. Forty-one-year-old Johnathan Galloway was taken to Carroll County Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries. […]
Tire blows out on concrete truck southeast of Harris; driver from Milan life-flighted to Des Moines
The Highway Patrol reports a Milan man sustained serious injuries when a tire blew out on a concrete truck, and it overturned five miles southeast of Harris on Friday morning. An air ambulance transported Luis Gama-Tovar to the Methodist Medical Center of Des Moines, Iowa. The concrete truck traveled west on Route E before the […]
Novinger man demolishes car on Route K; patrol accuses him of DWI
A resident of Novinger was injured and faces potential charges from a single-vehicle accident last night in western Adair County. The highway patrol listed injuries as serious for 37-year-old Christopher Kennedy who was taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Kennedy was southbound when his car traveled off the right side of […]
Woman and three children injured in crash east of Pattonsburg
A woman and three children from Minneapolis, Minnesota received minor injuries late Thursday night in a single-vehicle accident east of Pattonsburg. Those injured were taken by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The driver of the vehicle, 30-year-old George-Albert Harris of Minneapolis was not reported hurt. Injured were 30-year-old Jessica Allen, Kannarria Allen age […]
Two draw prison time in Thursday session of Grundy County court
Two Trenton residents, facing separate charges, were sentenced to prison on Friday then saw their sentences stayed in favor of probation issued in Division One of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Michael Anthony Stantruff pleaded guilty to an amended charge of assault in the second degree for an incident December 17th of 2018. Stantruff received […]
Three teenagers hurt in crash near Ridgeway
Three teenagers from Bethany received moderate injuries Monday night when the car they were in ran off a rural road in Harrison County and struck an embankment. Taken by private vehicle to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany were the driver, Cade Davidson; and two passengers, Collin Haffey, and Dalton Hudlemeyer, both of who are […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 12 fatalities over July 4th holiday weekend
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released their fourth of July holiday period statistics for 2019, which include 12 statewide traffic fatalities and three drownings. The 2019 fourth of July counting period began at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 3 and continued through midnight Sunday, July 7, 2019. During the counting period in 2018, four people […]
Hale woman arrested in Livingston County
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Hale woman in Livingston County overnight on Friday at 12:43 am, on several drug-related allegations. Thirty-six-year-old Jessica Corthon was accused of felony possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana and the misdemeanors of possession of marijuana—10 grams or less, unlawful possession of […]
Cowgill resident injured when big rig overturns
The Highway Patrol reports a Cowgill man sustained minor injuries when the Peterbilt truck he drove overturned into a barbed wire fence six miles east of Cameron Tuesday morning. A private vehicle transported 32-year-old Christopher Ray to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The truck reportedly attempted to turn south on to Crow Road from Route […]
Woman from Polo injured in crash on Interstate 35
A resident of Polo was taken to a hospital following a single vehicle accident on Sunday morning in Clay County. The highway patrol reports 72-year-old Jean Turner received minor injuries when the utility vehicle she was driving reportedly swerved to avoid another vehicle. She was taken by ambulance to the Liberty Hospital. The southbound utility […]
Milan and Jamesport residents arrested on Sunday
Separate arrests of Jamesport and Milan residents were reported on Sunday by the Highway Patrol. Online information from the patrol shows 61-year-old Lester Bryan of Jamesport was taken to the Daviess DeKalb county regional jail on a 24-hour hold. Bryan, in the arrest made in Daviess County, is accused of driving while intoxicated for drugs, […]
Jamesport teen demolishes SUV in crash on Route F
A Jamesport teenager was injured when according to the Highway Patrol, the vehicle he was driving traveled off Route F, southwest of Trenton, and rolled over three times. Seventeen-year-old Johnny Cosper received minor injuries and was taken by Grundy County ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. Cosper was wearing a seat belt when the […]
Three teenagers from Unionville hurt when pickup overturns on rural road
Three Unionville teenagers were hurt Saturday night when a pickup truck traveled off a country road and overturned just south of Unionville. The driver 16-year old David Miller, and two passengers, 18-year old Emily Cunningham and 16-year old Tomy Wheeler, all from Unionville, were taken to Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville with minor injuries. […]
Highway patrol reports arrest of area residents
A St. Joseph man faces several accusations in connection with his arrest Saturday night in Holt County. Forty-year-old Daniel Ajak was accused of first degree tampering with a motor vehicle; misdemeanor driving while intoxicated/prior offender; driving while revoked or suspended/first offense; exceeding the posted speed limit by 16 to 19 miles an hour; failure to […]
Gilman City woman hospitalized after crashing on Route H
A Gilman City woman was injured Thursday night when the car she was driving went off the west side of Route H where it struck a ditch, coming to stop on its wheels. Thirty-five-year-old Denise Wilgus of Gilman City received serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The westbound […]
Bucklin woman killed, another life-flighted to Columbia after crash on Highway 129
One Bucklin resident was killed and another was injured in the collision on Thursday of two vehicles on Highway 129 in eastern Linn County one mile north of Bucklin. Authorities report a van had crossed the center line and entered the path of an approaching pickup truck. The driver of the van, 76-year-old Charlotte Copple […]